Juan M. Ortega-Legaspi, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department: Medicine
Contact information
11th Floor South Perelman
34th Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
34th Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
MD (Medicine)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2008.
PhD
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2010.
Permanent linkMD (Medicine)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2008.
PhD
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2010.
Selected Publications
McCauley BD, Ortega-Legaspi JM: Learning more about what can make COVID-19 deadly: Insights from the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Clin Infect Dis October 2020.Ortega-Legaspi JM, Hoteit M, Wald J: Immune benefit of combined heart and liver transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant 25(5): 513, October 2020.
de Feria A, Ortega-Legaspi JM: ACE inhibitors/ARB use and COVID-19. Time to change practice or keep gathering data? Clin Infect Dis July 2020.
Ortega-Legaspi JM, Molina MR, Quiaoit YA, Gerrity KE, Casciello NL, Atluri P, Cevasco M, Goldberg L, Prenner, SB, Genuardi M, Birati EY, Kim Y, Wald, J.: PRA is Not Associated with Rejection in Combined Heart and Liver Transplantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 39(4): S31, April 2020.
Ortega-Legaspi JM, Awh K, Ramachandran A, Wald J, Archer A, Denduluri S, Drajpuch D, Fuller D, Mascio C, Patel B, Ruckdeschel E, Tobin L, Kim YY.: Diuretic Use is Associated with Worse Transplant-Free Survival in Adult Fontan Patients. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions November 2019.
Ortega-Legaspi JM, Awh K, Archer A, Denduluri S, Drajpuch D, Fuller D, Mascio C, Ramachandran A, Ruckdeschel E, Tobin L, Kim YY. : Diuretic Use and Heart Failure in Adult Fontan Survivors. The Annual International Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult. June 2019.
Rame JE, Ortega-Legaspi JM, Cappola A, Dumon KR, Cappola TP: Leptin Modifies the Impact of BMI on Heart Failure Progression: The Obesity Paradox Unraveling. International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 38th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions. Nice, France April 2018 Notes: Oral Presentation.
Ortega-Legaspi JM, Chyu J, Zhang Y, El-Nachef D, Oyama K, Gornalusse GG, Russell DW, MacLellan WR: Major Histocompatibility Complex-I Deficient Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes as Potential off-the-Shelf Therapy for Cardiac Regeneration. International Society for Stem Cell Research. Boston, MA Jun 2017 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Tan MCC, Ortega-Legaspi JM, Cheng SF, Patton KK: Acute myocarditis following high-dose interleukin-2 treatment. J Cardiol Cases 15(1): 28–31, Nov 16 2016.
Ortega-Legaspi JM, Airhart S, Nguyen H, Masri SC, Mokadam NA, Mahr C, Kirkpatrick JN: Echocardiographic Findings in Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Pump Thrombosis. Heart Failure Society of America 20th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Fl Sept 2016 Notes: Poster Presentation.